This sounds about right. It takes me around 3 months to be moderately useful in a new job and then I settle down to understanding it all in the next 3 years.

At the moment, I am 3 years 3 months in and looking for something "exciting" to do. It all seems so boring now. Do I really need to take part in yet another discussion on UX trivialities? Why are we talking about this small-minded dross? Where is the big exciting stuff? Oh, it's over there, but we need you here at the moment. That's OK, I guess; I'll just crush my spirit a wee bit more and keep coming in.

Oh, so you are having trouble getting out of bed in the morning too?

The signs abound.

The thing is I have had longish stints in other jobs in the past; 7 years, 5 years, 6 years. Mostly the long stints are followed by a very short one. I have a few 1 year stints in my career history too. I jumped the wrong way and was really careful with the jump to the next job.

The current job came after that 7 year one. I don't fit in and (what is worse) I do not really want to. Childish I know, but I seem to be embracing the inner child in my late 40s. :)

On another note people are not resources, unless your name is Machiavelli.